Death
Subtitle: an oral history
By: [compiled by] Casey Jarman ; with illustrations by Brooke Weeber
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9781942186120
Subjects: Death; Death care industry; Anecdotes
Description: In this illuminating collection of oral-history style interviews, Casey Jarman talks to a funeral industry watchdog about the (often shady) history of the death trade; he hears how songwriter David Bazan lost his faith while trying to hold on to his family; he learns about cartoonist Art Spiegelman using his college LSD trips to explain death to his children; and he gets to know his own grandparents, posthumously.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / by the author; title: Jana DeCristofaro : grief services coordinator; title: Katrina Spade : founder of the Urban Death Project; title: Gabriel DePiero : twin brother; title: Loren Rhoads : former editor, Morbid Curiosity; title: David Bazan : songwriter; title: Wende Jarman : barber, author's mother; title: Anna Urquhart : social worker, author's friend; title: Katherine MacLean : psychedelic scientist; title: Holly Pruett : life-cycle celebrant; title: John Lay : raconteur, author's uncle; title: Josh Slocum : comsumer rights advocate; title: Kim Stacey : freelance writer; title: Simon Critchley : philosopher; title: Andre Coberly : hospice volunteer; title: Teressa Raiford : community organizer; title: Art Spiegelman : cartoonist; title: Zach Wilson : video game designer; title: Frank Thompson : former death row warden.